Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker Petty Officer F. J. H. Burt, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K. 10238, F. H. J. Burt, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.10238 F. H. J. Burt. S.P.O. R.N.) light contact marks, very fine

Three: Wireman Second Class W. Smallwood, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.14134 W. Smallwood, Wmn. 2. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.14134 W. Smallwood. Wmn. 2. R.N.) good very fine (6) £80-£100

Frederick Harold John Burt was born in Southampton on 2 September 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Nelson on 23 January 1906. He was advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Royal Arthur on 19 November 1906, and to Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Venus on 1 November 1913. During the Great War he served in several ships including H.M.S. Attack, and was most likely aboard H.M.S. Attack, when it was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in March 1921, and was appointed Chief Stoker in H.M.S. Coventry the following month. He died in service, of injuries sustained in an accident on board H.M.S. Coventry, on 8 March 1923.

William Smallwood was born in Birmingham on 16 October 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as an Armourer’s Crewman in H.M.S. Vernon on 9 July 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Victory II, H.M.S. Phaeton and H.M.S. Acteon, and was shore discharged on 4 March 1919.